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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Former EMT battalion chief Browne paid in $225K to pension fund, could collect $5.19M in retirement

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Former EMT battalion chief Thomas Browne, who retired in November 2016, saved $225,336 toward a pension over 29 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Browne would collect as much as $5.19 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Browne received $109,080 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Browne will have already received $337,155 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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